Author Archives: new warriors for earth

Final Appellate Decision 11-23-11 Judge Manderfield affirmed the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s decision to issue a permit for the Eagle sulfide mining project in the Upper Peninsula.  Prior to this decision, Rio Tinto started blasting and drilling a portal … Continue reading →

Copper and Iron or Wild Rice and Water? *Reprinted from a publication by Honor the Earth. New mining projects threaten the water, land, wild rice and people of the Great Lakes.  Over the past three hundred years, people have spoken … Continue reading →

Click to view original post on Keweenaw Now By Michele Bourdieu Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) member Terri Denomie, left, joins Josephine Mandamin of Thunder Bay, Ont., during the 2011 Mother Earth Water Walk, on the way to the final … Continue reading →

We just received news of this video from folks in Yakutat, Alaska near the Tongass National Forest fighting to protect the Yakutat Forelands from mining development.  This struggle is a collective struggle we face as Native peoples across this country, … Continue reading →

Roundtable Discussion from the Saving the Great Lakes Forever Conference, Traverse City, MI, May 7th, 2011 See: http://vimeo.com/23567355 Photo courtesy NASA at http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=5856

The Mother Earth Water Walkers are coming through Marquette, Michigan on June 6th and 7th.  Everyone is welcome to show their support for our most precious and sacred element–water–and bring yourself, children, friends and family to walk with these courageous … Continue reading →

Activists came to London from Indonesia, California, Michigan and Utah for the Rio Tinto AGM on 14 April. Watch this fifteen minute video to find out about their complaints against the company, why they wanted to attend its Annual General … Continue reading →